Google rewarded me today with this article written by Joe Armstrong, What’s all this fuss about Erlang?. It’s chucked filled with great information and additional resources. I also took a peek at his PhD thesis, worth taking a look at if you have the time.

Just read this post on testing a developer preview of Java 8. Check out Johannes blog post Java 8 – Testing the Lambda Water. for a sneak preview. This weekend I’ll going to try getting the developer preview and have some fun with closures.